as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the staidness of the Quaker meeting was surprising to those accustomed to more exuberant services
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Noun
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Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025 -
More than a business, Electric Goddess is a living synthesis of its founders, with their collaborative effort toward scientific gravity and mutual resilience.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The earnestness with which they are spoken is not redemptive.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Staidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staidness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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